Coleford

Coleford is a market town in the west of the , , England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 9,270 residents
  • Description: town in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Coleford, Gloucestershire”
  • Postal code: GL16

Places of Interest

Highlights include Angel Hotel and Studio Cinema.

Hotel
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Movie theater
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a movie theater.

Museum
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway museum located in Coleford, Gloucestershire, . The museum was founded in 1988. Based in the former GWR Goods Shed along the Coleford Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baker’s Hill and Broadwell.

Hamlet
Coleford is a market town in the west of the , , England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district.

Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village about 1 mile east of Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. It is at the western edge of the , in the civil parish of Coleford, which is also its post town. The village of is to the north and is to the south.

Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the West region of , England, approximately one mile south-east of the town of Coleford. Within the civil parish of Coleford, the village is just south of the village of .

Coleford

Latitude
51.79406° or 51° 47′ 39″ north
Longitude
-2.61727° or 2° 37′ 2″ west
Population
9,270
Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CED
Open location code
9C3VQ9VM+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29156609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2652591
Wiki­data ID
Q747798
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Coleford” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Coleford”
  • Basque: “Coleford (Gloucestershire)”
  • Basque: “Coleford”
  • Bengali: “কোলফোর্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Колфорд”
  • Catalan: “Coleford”
  • Cebuano: “Coleford”
  • Chinese: “科尔福特”
  • Chinese: “科爾福德”
  • Chinese: “科爾福特”
  • Dutch: “Coleford”
  • French: “Coleford”
  • German: “Coleford”
  • Gujarati: “કોલફોર્ડ”
  • Irish: “Coleford, Gloucestershire”
  • Irish: “Coleford”
  • Italian: “Coleford”
  • Japanese: “コールフォード”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಲ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
  • Korean: “콜레퍼드”
  • Ladin: “Coleford”
  • Latin: “Coleford”
  • Latvian: “Kolforda”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolefordas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Coleford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Coleford i Gloucestershire”
  • Norwegian: “Coleford”
  • Persian: “کولفورد، گلاسترشر”
  • Persian: “کولفورد”
  • Polish: “Coleford”
  • Portuguese: “Coleford”
  • Romanian: “Coleford”
  • Russian: “Коулфорд”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کولفورد، قلاسترشر”
  • Spanish: “Coleford”
  • Swedish: “Coleford”
  • Tamil: “ராட்ஸ்டாக்”
  • Telugu: “కోలేఫోర్డ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Coleford”
  • Ukrainian: “Коулфорд”
  • Urdu: “کول فورڈ، گلوسٹرشائر”
  • Volapük: “Coleford”
  • Welsh: “Coleford, Swydd Gaerloyw”
  • Welsh: “Coleford”

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